Mentorship Toward Becoming a Superintendent
One of our readers asked about adding to an MA in Educational Leadership and finding the mentorship opportunities in order to move up to a superintendent's position.
Dawn Jones of Northern Illinois University answered, "The American Association for School Administrators (AASA) would be a good place to start your search for mentorship programs. The website is www.aasa.org. Local affiliates might be excellent contacts, too. I know that there is a strong affiliate in Massachusetts and in many other states as well. If you start a PhD program, the program itself is very likely to provide not only information on mentorship, but also mentorship opportunities. Programs for licensure as a superintendent have built-in internship/mentorship requirements. Moreover, that PhD can give you the professional edge that you’ll need down the road to be competitive in the superintendency market."
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